TELLING MY BOSS

I just started in July and was made an official employee Aug. I work at a school (year around schedule) so due to the amount of days off we have I don't think my doc appt's will interfere too much and I would go on maternity leave during the end of the year; May-Aug. But even with all of that I'm still scared. Any suggestions?

My boss and I are close and I'm close with pretty much all the faculty and staff! My pregnancy most likely wont interfere because I'm the receptionist and I'mnot required to lift anything or do anything strenuous. My main concern is them being able to find a suitable replacement while I'm out. I don't want to wait too long

I planned on waiting until 3-4 months with DD, but I ended up so sick that I told my boss at 9 weeks. I felt I needed to tell him so he could stop being so worried about my "stomach bug." Plus, I knew he was the type of boss that would tell me to go home when I was really sick (I know that is not the norm!). The downside was that he is known for being a loud mouth, and he ended up telling all of my coworkers without my approval the very next week! I was terrified that something could still go wrong so early on, so it had my stomach in knots. Everything turned out fine. I think there are positives and negatives to both telling early or waiting.

I just started a new job in August and found out we were pregnant the first week of September. I was really nervous about telling my work, but I'm a military wife and all of my appointments are during the work day (no such thing as 5:00 appointments with the military!) and I work about half an hour from the base hospital, so I ended up telling my boss pretty early. I had no good excuses to explain why all the sudden I needed time off from a job I just started. Luckily- they were super supportive and it's made things so much easier. I'm waiting to tell the rest of the office until later on, but at least my boss knows that I'm missing work for a good reason :)

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Lindsay

Proud Air Force Wife and Proud Momma to Be of our First Child Due May 17, 2013!